Travel quiz: famous travellers

• Writers
• 1.
  Who wrote: “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live …”
  1. Eric Newby

      

  2. Jack Kerouac

      

  3. Hunter S Thompson

      

  4. Bruce Chatwin

      

• 2.
  In the book Eat Pray Love (turned into a film in 2010 starring Julia Roberts) writer Elizabeth Gilbert spends time in Italy, India and … where else?
  1. Bangkok

      

  2. Bratislava

      

  3. Bali

      

  4. Bangladesh

      

• 3.
  Travel writer Bill Bryson’s book Notes From a Small Island draws on his experiences travelling around where?
  1. Great Britain

      

  2. Hawaii

      

  3. Ireland

      

  4. Cuba

      

• 4.
  Robyn Davidson’s book Tracks tells the story of her incredible camel trek across which country?
  1. Egypt

      

  2. Australia

      

  3. Sudan

      

  4. Morocco

      

• 5.
  John Steinbeck’s book Travels with Charley tells of his road trip across the US. But who’s Charley?
  1. His childhood friend

      

  2. His wife

      

  3. His pet poodle

      

  4. A friendly hobo

      

• Great travel achievements
• 6.
  In 2010 Ed Stafford became the first man to walk the entire length of the Amazon. How many days did it take him?
  1. 122

      

  2. 366

      

  3. 501

      

  4. 859

      

• 7.
  In 1991 Richard Branson lifted off in order to become the first person in a hot air balloon to do what?
  1. Fly around the world

      

  2. Cross the Pacific

      

  3. Fly over the South Pole

      

  4. Travel from London to New York

      

• 8.
  Contemporary travel writer and “real-life Lara Croft” Kira Salak was the first woman to cross which country?
  1. Papua New Guinea

      

  2. Cambodia

      

  3. India

      

  4. Chile

      

• 9.
  In May this year, 13-year-old Indian schoolgirl Malavath Poorna became the youngest girl to do what?
  1. Cross the Bering Strait

      

  2. Walk the length of her country

      

  3. Climb Everest

      

  4. Swim the Channel

      

• 10.
  How many marathons did comedian Eddie Izzard run in a row, during his epic journey around the UK?
  1. 50

      

  2. 12

      

  3. 43

      

  4. 26

      

• In the media
• 11.
  What is the name of this famous photograph by Steve McCurry?
  1. Green-eyed woman

      

  2. Afghan girl

      

  3. Mountain moment

      

  4. Lady in the shawl

      

• 12.
  Michael Palin’s first BBC travel programme was Around the World In 80 Days. Where did his journey start?
  1. Buckingham Palace

      

  2. The Royal Geographical Society

      

  3. The Groucho Club

      

  4. The Reform Club

      

• 13.
  What adventure did Prince Harry recently go on in order to support veteran’s charity Walking with the Wounded?
  1. He climbed Kilamanjaro

      

  2. He raced to the South Pole

      

  3. He crossed the Sahara

      

  4. He rafted down the Nile

      

• 14.
  Where did Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon travel around in the first series of The Trip?
  1. Southern France

      

  2. Northern England

      

  3. Italy

      

  4. Ireland

      

• 15.
  In his 2008 TV series Amazon, presenter Bruce Parry was famously filmed throwing up repeatedly into a bucket. But why?
  1. He had taken the drug ayahuasca

      

  2. He had fallen ill after eating a dish consisting of snake entrails

      

  3. A local had told him they didn’t like his onscreen demeanour

      

  4. It was part of an ancient South American vomiting ceremony

      

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